Jazz Drummer Terry Clarke nominated for Canadian JUNO Award

The committee for the JUNO Awards in Toronto, Canada, announced today that drummer Terry Clarke's album "It's About Time" (Blue Music Group, 2009) has been nominated for a JUNO Award as the Traditional Jazz Album Of The Year. The album features saxophonists Joe Lovano, Greg Osby and Phil Dwyer, guitarist Jim Hall and bassist/pianist Don Thompson.

It's About Time is Clarke's first album as a leader. He has previously performed on hundreds of albums as a sideman. In this month's Down Beat magazine, It's About Time was raved by critic John Ephland with 4 1/2 stars, commenting: "A remarkable example of group interplay, capable of musical e.s.p. It stands to reason this album is simply an excellent example of what Clarke intends in his own liner notes 'Good no-holds-barred jazz with good people'. What makes It's About Time stand out is the way the rhythm section infiltrates and animates the music around the successive visits of tenorists Joe Lovano, Phil Dwyer and altoist Greg Osby."

Blue Music Group congratulates Terry Clarke on his nomination.